OS1/4/18/11

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
FÈITHEAN GORMA Feithean Gorm
Feithean Gorm
Feithean Gorm
Alexander Stewart Knock
Alexander Stewart Altnaha
James Stewart Ballanstruan
035 A green swampy bog on the Cromdale Hills above Ballanloan the name signifies the green Bogs or mires
ALLT NA CRÌCHE Alt na Crìche Alexander Stewart Knock
Alexander Stewart Altnaha
James Stewart Ballanstruan
035 A small stream which rises on Cromdale Hills and joins the Avon at Easter Lyne
it is the boundary stream between Inveravon & Kirkmichael hence the name.
ATHAN DÀIDH Àth an Dàidh Alexander Stewart Knock
Alexander Stewart Altnaha
James Stewart Ballanstruan
035 A private ford on the Avon near Dell. the name signifies David's little ford.

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Parish of Kirkmichael -- Co. [County] Banff

[Notes to Athan Dàidh:]
Ath Dhaibhidh
Ath an Dàidh Ford of the David
Ath Dàidh Ford of David
but better Ath Dhaibhidh
A proper noun masculine is aspirated
exception
A proper noun beginning with D or F governed
by a noun ending in N is commonly plain.
yes when an is joined Ath
[Initialled] J.G.

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